Removing (& Preventing) Stuck Caps

An easy way to remove stuck caps from tubes of watercolor (no pliers!) and a few tips for preventing stuck caps in the future.

The Other How-to | Tips & Hacks

Mining for Gems

When the Big Pile of Nope in your studio gets too big and discouraging, it’s time to go mining!

Technical How-to | Tips & Hacks

How (and When) to Stretch Your Watercolor Paper

once you start painting quarter-sheet or larger, or getting the paper really saturated, stretching your paper makes your life sooooo much easier! This video shows my preferred method, stretching on the same stretcher bars used for canvas, and an alternate method for those who have difficulty operating a staple gun.

Supplies and Materials | Tips & Hacks

Painting Tips—Easy Acrylic Clean-up (plus some tips for watercolorists, too!)

One of the joys of watercolor is the ease of cleanup. In fact, you don’t really have to clean up at all, if you don’t feel like it. Nothing terrible happens if you just wipe off your brush, put it down and walk away. Well, mostly—do you know the right way to put down a watercolor…

Technical How-to | The Other How-to | Tips & Hacks

How I Use Autodesk Sketchbook to Plan Paintings or Changes to Paintings

Sketchbook Pro is a great tool for quickly planning changes to a painting in progress, and it’s free. This video introduces the small set of features I use in my planning process, so you can get started quickly without having to go through a lot of features you don’t need.